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file transfer and sharing tools

Recent window: last 5.1 months (2026-04-24 → 2026-09-27), compared with the prior 5.1 months.

horizontal · 184 members · Data as of 2026-09-30

These products facilitate quick peer-to-peer file transfers, local tunneling, and lightweight storage or deployment workflows. They are primarily used by developers and technical teams seeking friction-free ways to share assets, host prototypes, or synchronize data across devices. Unlike enterprise cloud storage or formal CDN platforms, this cluster centers on ad-hoc sharing, browser-based transfers, and developer-first data transport protocols.

Metrics

Stage
crowded
Recent count
139
Prior count
24
Total count
184
Momentum
300.00
Attention
0.31
Crowding
0.75
Concentration
0.80
Opportunity
0.44

Opportunity components

Attention
0.31
Low crowding
0.25
Momentum (normalized)
1.00
Low concentration
0.20

Monthly trajectory

Source split

github
8 (0.06)
hn
24 (0.17)
ph
106 (0.76)
yc
1 (0.01)

Dominant source: ph · Divergence: 0.76

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Members

Name Source Upvotes ▼ Launched
Vercel Drop PH 459 2026-06-13
Cloudflare Drop PH 372 2026-07-11
Firefox in WebAssembly HN 273 2026-07-15
Files SDK PH 239 2026-05-17
Smuggl PH 208 2026-04-09
Smmall Cloud for iOS PH 186 2026-06-07
Streaming gigabyte medical images from S3 without downloading them HN 161 2026-01-17
just f***ing send it PH 155 2026-06-19
Overfitted a 900KB Transformer to Compress a 100MB CSV into 7MB HN 112 2026-06-23
Snapdrop: Instantly share files between devices. No setup, no signup HN 109 2026-09-17
Aktar PH 94 2026-09-30
Air-gapped file encryption as self-decrypting HTML page HN 90 2026-09-24
Punch PH 89 2026-09-19
Pair2FA PH 65 2026-09-25
Threadprocs HN 64 2026-03-23
Simple org-mode web adapter HN 63 2026-02-16
Pion SCTP with RACK is 70% faster with 30% less latency HN 62 2025-12-28
RePlaya HN 50 2026-06-02
Zs3 HN 42 2025-12-29
Syq HN 41 2026-09-10
adexsnap GITHUB 35 2026-09-11
teledrive GITHUB 34 2026-09-10
Artie Free Plan: real-time data replication for $0/mo YC 33 2026-08-20
Stelvio HN 31 2026-02-02
omdrop-plugin GITHUB 30 2026-09-15
A Unix environment in a single HTML file (420 KB) HN 30 2026-02-18
HTMLDrive HN 22 2026-07-07
Filemat HN 18 2026-05-27
Baerly-storage, a document DB that runs per request, no DB server HN 18 2026-07-07
snapdrop GITHUB 17 2026-09-14
Byteport - Transfer Large Files 2-10x Faster than TCP YC 17 2026-03-02
share GITHUB 15 2026-09-27
I made a private self-destructing image hosting site in Golang HN 15 2026-08-04
Engye HN 15 2026-06-28
Altersend HN 14 2026-06-05
Zynk, a Fast, P2P Encrypted File Transfers and Messaging Across Devices HN 14 2025-12-19
Socket to Me, a static file server that runs in the browser HN 14 2026-06-22
android-file-recovery GITHUB 13 2026-09-19
Ustps (UDP Speedy Transmission Protocol Secure) and USSH HN 13 2026-06-08
ZeroFS HN 11 2026-06-11
Opbox HN 11 2026-07-03
Cosmofy HN 10 2025-12-24
Self-hosted lightweight file sharing app. (folderhost) HN 10 2026-02-23
Oblivious HTTP for Go HN 10 2025-10-29
dotnet-memshell GITHUB 10 2026-09-28
Docket (system for active note-taking) now self-hosted after HN asked HN 9 2026-07-17
Bucket HN 9 2026-01-25
BamBuddy HN 9 2026-03-19
top.yixiangren.blockdirs GITHUB 9 2026-09-15
I wrote a ~2KB executable file HTTP file downloader without Libc HN 9 2026-03-29